PRSP Process in the Western Balkans ECSPE: Presentation at SIDA 1 PRSP Process in the Balkans Current Status, The World Bank Support and Future Work Program Ruslan Yemtsov ECSPE

PRSP Process in the Western Balkans ECSPE: Presentation at SIDA 2 Overview n Status of PRS Processes n World Bank program in support of PRS s n Country case studies Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbia and Montenegro Albania Macedonia n Regional initiatives n Common themes and lessons learned n Issues, challenges and plans Focus:  TA, Analytical studies & capacity building Not covered:  general principles of PRSP approach (  project specific details (for info see last slide)  political issues

PRSP Process in the Western Balkans ECSPE: Presentation at SIDA 3 Status of PRSPs

PRSP Process in the Western Balkans ECSPE: Presentation at SIDA 4 World Bank Work Program: Links to PRSP/Poverty Strategies  SBAEFF

PRSP Process in the Western Balkans ECSPE: Presentation at SIDA 5 SAM: Programmatic Approach World Bank NGO s (SMMRI, ISSP) MOSA LSMS Data Analysis LSMS round 2, Roma Surveys LSMS results Implementation M&E I-PRSP PRSP Poverty Assessment Poverty Update Poverty “survey” LSMS Design LSMS round 1 Poverty papers Stat.O

PRSP Process in the Western Balkans ECSPE: Presentation at SIDA 6 BiH: capacity building World Bank Partners (UNDP, DFID, SIDA… Stat. officesPRSP LSMS Survey Design, Field work LSMS Data Analysis Living in BiH panel LSMS results LSMS data dissemination PRSP Draft PA PA Finalization I-PRSP

PRSP Process in the Western Balkans ECSPE: Presentation at SIDA 7 Macedonia: Continuity n Poverty Assessment I, n I-PRSP: Qualitative surveys, analysis of HBS data, consultations, public expenditure work, n Poverty Assessment II, n Other poverty related work: CEM on Labor, 2003 The key challenge in Macedonia has bee to avoid politicizing of the poverty reduction strategy process

PRSP Process in the Western Balkans ECSPE: Presentation at SIDA 8 Albania: Integration and Coordination n Poverty Assessment and LSMS work n Census n LSMS 2002 and other capacity building initiatives (role of MoF) n Partnerships between the Bank, IMF and other donors (UNDP, DFID etc.) n Collaborative Poverty Assessment with Statistical offices and policy analysis units in MoF

PRSP Process in the Western Balkans ECSPE: Presentation at SIDA 9 Regional initiatives n Poverty Forum for Balkan countries n Gender study n Roma report n Achieving MDGs n Work on international poverty line and regional database of household surveys n WBI Poverty analysis initiative capacity building Source: SAM: Poverty Assessment (forthcoming)

PRSP Process in the Western Balkans ECSPE: Presentation at SIDA 10 Lessons Learned: Designing PRSPs n Ownership official commitment understanding of PRSP principles links to existing planning and budget processes location and horizontal links between Government agencies n Prioritization and costing (MTEF) n Importance of data collection and analysis n Civil society (Parliaments), donor coordination, “ South-South ” leaning n Monitoring and evaluation plans

PRSP Process in the Western Balkans ECSPE: Presentation at SIDA 11 Issues and Challenges: General n Continuity through broader ownership and political process n Resourcing: external (IFI, EU and other donors) and reforms of the budget process n Regional: synergies with SAA n Monitoring and Evaluation

PRSP Process in the Western Balkans ECSPE: Presentation at SIDA 12 Role of M&E in PRSP Poverty Measurement and Diagnostics Strengthening national capacity in poverty measurement and diagnostics; provides baseline for monitoring and evaluating the outcomes of the PRSP. Evaluation Strengthening national capacity to carry out both ex-ante (PSIA) and ex-post evaluation of the poverty and social impact of projects, programs, and policies. Better Data Collection and Dissemination Strategy Supports all of the above, via specific tools, techniques and procedures Monitoring Strengthening the monitoring systems, follow established indicators of progress and development identified initially with reference to baseline

PRSP Process in the Western Balkans ECSPE: Presentation at SIDA 13 Issues and Challenges: Monitoring and Evaluation n Institutionalizing poverty monitoring u LSMS and HBS u Transparency u Access u Capacity n MDGs u Donor coordination u Line ministries n PSIA s Source: Achieving MDGs in ECA (World bank 2003)

PRSP Process in the Western Balkans ECSPE: Presentation at SIDA 14 World Bank Poverty Work: Plans n Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) Albania BiH … n Regional Poverty Report (Update) n Second Poverty Forum n Gender Assessments n Country Poverty Assessments n Capacity Building: country PAIs

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